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A socialist Brexit to reshape UK and Europe
The morning after the general election, the British woke up in a different world. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s brand of recycled socialism was not so unelectable after all; young voters had...
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Parliamentary majority for Macron is far from ‘dangerous’
PARIS â As the old joke goes, the French may not have oil, but we have ideas. That’s why we love big picture principles and are quick to forgive each other for our small failures. But it’s also in...
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Emmanuel Macron, Dorian Gray à l’Elysée
PARIS â Depuis son élection qui a rebattu les cartes de la politique française, au terme dâune campagne en forme dâépopée, le huitième président de la Vème République est lâhomme du...
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European disunion
LONDON â As EU leaders meet this week, they will do so with a spring in their step. Economic growth is returning, pro-European candidates won out in the Netherlands and France, and Brexit looks like...
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Vladimir Putin’s man in the Balkans
MOSCOW â If appearances are to be believed, Vladimir Putin has a new point man in the Balkans. Nikolai Patrushev, a Kremlin hawk, career intelligence officer and close associate of the Russian...
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Don’t let France ruin the single market
In my time as a European commissioner, I waded through a number of tough files â some had been stuck in the mud for decades, many prompted strong resistance from vested interests in the European...
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Britain, 10 years on
With a weakened government and an uncertain future outside the EU, the U.K. is facing a generational challenge as it forges a future on its own. On the anniversary of its decision to leave, a POLITICO...
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Albanians voted and the winner is … the EU
TIRANA â Brussels might want to take a break from Brexit talks this week to welcome Albaniaâs overwhelming endorsement of the reforms that will propel the country toward EU membership. Ballot...
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Britain’s counterproductive counterterrorism
MANCHESTER, England â At the entrance to Didsbury mosque in south Manchester, roses, lilies and tulips lay clustered around a collection of cards. The mosque had been attended by Salman Abedi â...
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‘It’s the end of small talk in Washington’
During the 1968 riots, Washington, D.C., was ablaze with arson and looting when an aide burst in to tell President Lyndon B. Johnson of a rumor that the carnage was headed toward the exclusive...
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€2.4 billion for Google Shopping? Really?
NEW YORK â I live la vida Google. I wrote a book about and co-host a podcast about Google. I use countless of its services: Chrome, Chromebooks (my only laptops), Android phones and tablets, Search,...
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The UN is giving up on Trump
Can António Guterres scare Donald Trump into taking the United Nations seriously? Since taking office in January, the U.N. secretary-general has done his level best to build a decent working...
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12 things Brexit has already ruined
LONDON â Itâs been a year since Britain voted by a narrow margin to leave the European Union, and sure, things are moving along â Article 50 was invoked at the end of March and Brexit Secretary...
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How Rex Tillerson is wrecking the State Department
The deconstruction of the State Department is well underway. I recently returned to Foggy Bottom for the first time since January 20 to attend the departure of a former colleague and career midlevel...
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Fighting terror — there could be an app for that
In the wake of a string of terror attacks, European policymakers are grasping for ways to neutralize terrorist networks and prevent future attacks. As they do so, they are overlooking an important...
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France’s liberal strongman
PARIS â In this era of illiberal authoritarianism, Emmanuel Macron is trademarking a paradoxical brand: the liberal strongman. The young, centrist French president, flush with electoral successes...
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Trump and Poles, birds of a feather
KRAKOW, Poland â Donald Trumpâs stopover in Warsaw ahead of this weekâs G20 meeting â and before he touches down in Berlin, London or Paris on his second European trip â is a diplomatic coup...
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Hamburg, ‘Gate to the World,’ shuts down for G20
Almost two years ago, the citizens of Hamburg, Germany rejected a bid for the 2024 Olympics. They didnât want the hassle or the costs. Now theyâre bracing for something far worse: the worldâs...
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What’s worse: If Trump and Putin get along, or if they don’t?
It seems unlikely, given the American uproar about Russiaâs interference in the 2016 election, and signs in the Russian media that Vladimir Putin is souring on Donald Trump, that the two presidents...
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Merkel may be leading, but who’s following?
BERLIN â If everything goes as expected, German Chancellor Angela Merkel will once again be anointed âleader of the free worldâ at the upcoming G20 summit in Hamburg this week. At first glance,...
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